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Pan-African workshop on strengthening organizational structures of non-state actors for sustainable small-scale fisheries in Africa
Type: Report
Small-scale fisheries play a vital role for the food security and livelihoods of millions of people globally, and in Africa in particular. Accordingly, the development of sustainable small-scale fisheries is an integral ...
Lived experiences: Small-scale fishers and fishworkers share their stories
Type: Blog
Millions of people across the globe work in and around small-scale fisheries, which provides them and their communities with vital income, food and nutrition and sustains their culture. Here, we hear from fishers and ...
Fish losses for whom? A gendered assessment of post-harvest losses in the barotse floodplain fishery, Zambia
Type: Journal Article
Few studies examine post-harvest fish losses using a gender lens or collect sex-disaggregated data. This mixed-methods study assessed fish losses experienced by female and male value chain actors in a fishery in western ...
Gender accommodative versus transformative approaches: a comparative assessment within a post-harvest fish loss reduction intervention
Type: Journal Article
Technical and social constraints limit value chain actors from equitably engaging in and benefiting from capture fisheries in low-income settings. Extension and development programs often focus on the former, which reflects ...
Strengthening small-scale fisheries for food and nutrition security, human well-being and environmental health in Zambia
Type: Brief
Zambia is rich in aquatic resources with 15 million ha of water in the form of rivers, lakes and swamps. These water bodies support diverse and widespread capture fisheries, particularly small-scale fisheries (SSF) that ...
Youth participation in small-scale fisheries, aquaculture and value chains in Africa and the Asia-Pacific
Type: Internal Report
IWMI, a managing partner of FISH, conducted an assessment of youth participation in SSF, aquaculture and value chains between November 2017 and May 2018. The assessment was conducted in Africa and the Asia-Pacific, with a ...
Contribution of inland fisheries to diet and growth of children in sub-Saharan Africa: A food systems approach
Type: Presentation
This presentation highlights some of the preliminary findings from the Illuminating Hidden Harvests study, relating to the contribution of inland fisheries to diet and growth of children in sub-Saharan Africa using a food ...